METHOD OF REQUESTING PARTICIPATION TO LOGICAL NETWORK, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCEPTING PARTICIPATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGE, PARTICIPATION REQUEST PROGRAM, PARTICIPATION ACCEPTING PROGRAM, MESSAGE TRANSMITTING PROGRAM, PARTICIPATION REQUESTING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constitute autonomously the logical network of a tree structure which is not captured by a physical network constitution in a communication network, such as a TCP/IP network, etc. SOLUTION: A method for requesting the participation of a servant who requests a participation to the logical network includes (1) a step of storing the servant ID of a seed servant's servant ID and own servant ID; (2) a step of transmitting a participation request telegram attached with the own servant ID to the seed servant (S109); (3) a step of receiving the participation responding telegram to the participation request telegram (S111); and (4) a step of reading a response section included in the participation request program, (4-1) storing the seed servant as an up servant when the response section indicates a "participation allowance", and (4-2) newly transmitting the participation request telegram to the other servant when "transmitting the participation request telegram to the other servant" is designated (S115). COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI